Crap Towns / Bletchley / Pollution incidents
How often does Bletchley get polluted?
16 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bletchley or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 43rd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2025 and put natural ochre in the water. Landfill odour turned up in 4 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Natural ochre | In the water | Significant |
| March 2025 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| November 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| October 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| August 2024 | Oil or fuel | In the water | Significant |
| November 2023 | Atmospheric pollutant or effect | In the air | Significant |
| October 2023 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| July 2023 | Fuel oil | In the water | Significant |
| February 2023 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2022 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| June 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | Fertiliser | In the water | Significant |
| April 2021 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| March 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| November 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bletchley | – | 16 |
| Milton Keynes | 5.3 km | 12 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 9.5 km | 4 |
| Houghton Regis | 17.6 km | 2 |
| Marston Moretaine | 15.4 km | 1 |
| Newport Pagnell | 10.0 km | 1 |
| Winslow | 11.3 km | 1 |